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Hokkaido Dive (...and probably any poke bowl)
Good:
Bhel on the run salad
OK:
Pineapple & Peach smoothie (with turmeric)
What I like about H2 is the details. Sure, anyone could eat a bit or Tuna, or a piece of Uni. But there are probably 14-15 ingredients in each bowl, so it would take a long time to reproduce.
Variety is healthy. Indeed, everything about H2 seems geared towards health. For instance, next to the cash register, they display the delivery times for vegetables and fish each day. When I was there, it was 9:00am for vegetables, and 9:30 for fish.
The Hokkaido Dive bowl contains Tuna, Uni, mini scallops, shredded artificial crab, and a bunch of other vegetables. You can get it on a bed of rice, or alternative options, including yam noodles. The bowl is delicious and filling. I like how the bowl is designed as a wide cylindrical shape, allowing the ingredients to be spread properly over the rice. You can get a mouthful or rice in each bite.
The "Bhel on the run" salad is inspired by Chaat, the Indian street snack. Indeed, the top of the salad has the reminiscent crispiness of chaat, with similar flavours coming from the chutney and other sauces. I added a side of tandoori chicken. I liked this dish, but I think more sauce would take it from good to excellent.
Peach and Pineapple smoothie, ordered in a bowl, comes with some blueberries, banana, and oats. It's good, but the pineapple is a bit too strongly acidic. But not much can be done because that's pineapple.
Overall, the menu is a bit more expensive, but I think you're getting a larger variety of ingredients, and it seems like they care about quality. A worthy trade off.
Also, I was finishing up when the great song "You only get what you give" came pumping out of the speakers. Good timing.
Pro tip:
bring your glasses, the menu is extremely detailed, but the words are tiny.
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